Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 Rocks Cholmondeley Pageant of Power

There were two days of domination for Subaru’s limited-edition Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 driven by former British Rally Champion, Mark Higgins, at the recent Cholmondeley Pageant of Power event. The car was beaten only by the Lamborghini LP570-4 Performante on the 1.2-mile sprint circuit in the first day, while managing to outpace all cars in the second.

The cars left behind by the 400hp Subaru included a host of high-performance road cars and supercars, such as the Nissan GTR, Ariel V8 Atom, Lexus LFA and Ford Focus RS500.

The performance achieved by the Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 established it as the fastest hot-hatch in the ‘supercar’ class. Higgins recorded a best time of 66.08 seconds, at an average speed of 65.45 mph on the twisty Cholmondeley circuit.

“The Pageant’s track is incredibly narrow and asks a surprising amount of both car and driver,” stated Higgins, who recently set the production road car lap record on the Isle of Man TT circuit. ”If you want to set a decent time, good traction, strong brakes and stability at speed are all essential. The Subaru delivered on all those scores.  We were only bettered by a Lamborghini LP570-4 Performante in the dry runs and we were the quickest by far in the wet.”

“Ours was not only the fastest hatchback, but also the quickest vehicle in any class when the circuit was wet, which speaks volumes for its capabilities. It was no surprise the Subaru stand in the paddock was a hive of activity throughout the weekend,” stated Marketing Director of Subaru UK, Kenyon Neads.

We’ll remind you that the limited-edition Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 is currently available from Subaru UK priced £49,995.